The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-06-30

great MANY people who have not forgotten carly
lessons In geography know that European countries
on the same latitude of New York aud Pennsylvania
produce semi-tropich fruits impossible of culture
in those States because Of rosts and cooler temper
ture-
Europe Is tempered by the hot winds of the great
Sahara. New Orleans is tempered by the trade
winds of the Gulf Of Mexico, the net work OF fresh
water lakes and water courses around 1t. We have
had occasion recently to correct erroneous impres
sions in regard TO summer 10 New Orleans and cite
remarkable difference in the degree Of heat between
il and cities thousand miles further north.
When Louisville was in agony at 96]S. New Or
leans registered q maximum of only 80 degrees
When Petersburg saw the iron rails warp under 10
tense heat, showers were drenching New Orleans
Take the Signal Service records and compare this
CITY with any leading Northern city, and there will
e a fair average in its favor Another consdera-
ton must not be lost sight Of The Inhabitants of
the interior cities sweter under a heat that begins
in early morning and lasts far into the night pre-
venting restful sleep, and arousing thoughts OF
Hades Ike people Of New Orleans catch refreshing
breezes gradually drif into the meridian heat, and
then comes, generally, suosioence, ana evening
breexes to cool the sleeper and encourage refreshing
slumber
There is no absurdity in advising travellers in
search of comfort to spend summer in New Or
leans or its suburbs and especially sincc the con-
structon of the Aba Springs Railroad, with its Ia
cilities for refuge beside springs of cool water,
among the fragrant odors Of the pines 1.-THE once
ton be urged against New Orleans that it's atmos-
piers is too heavily laden with malaria nothing on
that score can have potency If alleged ag inst the
suburban retreat of Abita. Come and try 1t Tor
season, and statements will be verified by eXpe
rience.-NeW Orleans Chronicle.
What our New Orleans contemporary says as
to the influence of the Gulf in moderating the
temperature in that city is true of all the coast
country of the Gulf States, even to some distance
further inland than Tallahassee, and meteoro-
logical statistics have constantly proved it. The
people of the interior South may come south and
keep cool-come 10 this country near the Gull
and keep cooler than they could on the shores oil
the North Atlantic. And no place In all the
Gulf coast country has more delightful summer
climate than Tallahassee, for here is that happy
| combination Of natural conditions which exists
in proximity to the sea and altitude Of locality
| The day and night breezes, that regularly alter
| nate in the settled weather which is the rule
are aided in reducing the temperature by TIT
| elevation of the land-the stated rate of reduc
ton allowed for such cause being about two
| degrees TO the hundred feet of elevation and
amounting in this case TO an aggregate of about
| six degrees. The saline winds from the Gul
sweep over the low lands between the coast anC
the hill country, which begins about three miles
| south OF Tallahassee, and, laden with resinOus
odors from the pine forests of the fiat lands
draw close across our highlands bringing healtl
and comfort to eur fortunate people There i
room for many thousands more people to ado
themselves to the number of fortunate dweler
in this happy land of ours